LTFN Custom Election Law

As we progress with our Custom Election Code, here are the key steps ahead:

• Summarize Feedback
  – Collect and summarize all anecdotal feedback from community sessions.
  – Analyze and summarize survey results for statistical feedback.
• Draft the Law and Process
  – Draft a document outlining the ratification vote process.
  – Create the proposed Custom Election Law based on survey results and community feedback.
  – Develop a comparison chart of current Indian Act rules versus the proposed Custom Law.
  – Produce presentation materials for Community Session #4.
• Internal and External Reviews
  – Conduct internal reviews with Chief and Council, focusing on operational issues and implementation costs.
  – Host Community Session #4 as a full day event to report back on survey results, discuss the proposed new law, and the ISC review process.
  – Facilitate a registration drive and update community members through phone calls, emails, social media posts, and app notifications.
• Community Engagement and Feedback
  – Document all oral submissions during a 4-week submission period.
  – Receive written submissions via email, letters, Facebook messages, text messages, etc.
  – Create a summary document of all oral and written submissions.
• Decision and Further Reviews
  – Meet with Chief and Council to decide if further community engagements are necessary.
  – Send the ratification vote process and proposed Custom Law to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) for review.
  – Hold a meeting with Chief and Council post ISC review to get final drafting instructions based on their feedback.
• Finalize the Custom Law
  – Update community presentation materials with feedback from members and ISC.
  – Draft final edits to the proposed Election Law and the comparison summary of the Indian Act vs. Proposed Election Law.
  – Prepare final ratification documents.
• Ratification Vote
  – Conduct a community presentation about the ratification vote process and the final proposed law compared to Indian Act rules.
  – Hold the ratification vote to officially adopt the Custom Election Law.